Moore v. Standard Sales d/b/a Stansport Inc.

Citizen enforcer John Moore on February 24, 2015 executed an out-of-court Settlement Agreement with settling party Standard Sales d/b/a Stansport Inc. (“Stansport”), resolving allegations that Stansport sold tools with vinyl/PVC grips containing the phthalate chemical di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (“DEHP”) in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement, Stansport agreed not to sell any tools with vinyl/PVC grips in California after February 28, 2015, unless the grips contain less than 1,000 parts per million of DEHP in any accessible component when analyzed using state or federally approved testing methodologies, or have Proposition 65 warnings provided.  Should Stansport provide written certification by October 15, 2015 that all tools with vinyl/PVC grips qualify as reformulated, Moore agreed to waive a portion of the civil fine that would otherwise be applied. 

The Settlement Agreement requires settlement payments of $26,000, divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to citizen enforcer Moore and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.